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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The PP who enumerated the shortcomings of the Democrats and the PP that made claims that some tech billionaires indeed built something out of significantly less wealth failed to address the central point of the OP, which is their influence on politics and government and overall direction of the US and global economic structure.

Taylor Swift is a billionaire. She had wealthy parents. You may or may not like her music. But we are not complaining about Taylor Swift’s wealth because she is not buying politicians, interfering with the electoral system, buying entire media platforms, and orchestrating major mergers, outsourcing/offshoring labor, circular investing into AI, and implementing mass layoffs and setting economic trends that solidify further concentration of wealth. The OP isn’t even about the existence of billionaires, but addressing the issue of half a dozen billionaires essentially manipulating the entire economy and political system. [/quote]

I'm complaining about Taylor Swift's wealth. No one accumulates a billion dollars without exploiting SO MANY PEOPLE. Also, she flies that damn plane everywhere with no concern for the environment, using publicly funded travel infrastructure for her own personal plane. There are no good billionaires and private planes should be illegal. [/quote]

While I agree the U.S. should not have billionaires. She has given millions to food banks in this country. I took my daughter to see her because she gave us free tickets through Girl Scouts (they were good seats too!). She also gave her Eras crew large bonuses (like $100k). [/quote]

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